Our present knowledge on beetle communities of tinder fungi is far from complete in Hungary. During our research (2010-2013) 193 fruiting bodies of Fomes fomentarius (L. ex. Fr.) Kickx. were collected from vicinity of 27 Hungarian settlements. Our purpose was to gain new knowledge from the beetle communities related to Fomes fomentarius fruiting bodies in Hungary. A total of 4,726 beetles were reared out from the samples. 4,703 specimen of this, belonging to 27 species were identified for species level. Some beetle species typically associated with Fomes fomentarius (e.g. Bolitophagus reticulatus), but Bitoma crenata is a predator, so other species could attract it to the fruiting bodies. The largest individual was the Rhopalodontus perforatus, from the Ciidae family, followed by B. reticulaus and Cis castaneus. Nowadays, treating dead wood has an ever-increasing significance in forests, so the examination of decomposer fungi and their communities is necessary to get better knowledge from diversity and functions of the forest ecosystems.

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